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GERMANY
so is the right of meeting. Members of the Legislature of the Empire (Reichs- tag) are to be elected by universal, equal, direct and secret votes of male and female voters, on the proportional system. The Reichstag is to be elected for 4 years. The President of the Empire is elected by the whole German people for a period of 7 years. Declarations of war and conclusions of peace are made by a law of the Empire. The Cabinet appointed by the President must enjoy the confidence of the Reichstag.
The Reichsrat consists of 55 members (Prussia 22, Bavaria 7, Saxony 5, Wiirttemberg 3, Baden 3, and the other States 15).
The Reichstag, in accordance with the elections on June 6, 1920, is com- posed as follows : — Majority Socialists, 113 ; Independent Socialists, 81 ; Centre Party, 69 : German National People's Party, 66 ; German People'3 Party, 62 ; German Democratic Party, 45 ; Bavarian People's Party, 20 ; and minor parties, 10 ; total, 466.
The actual votes cast for the larger parties were :— Majority Socialists, 5,616,164 (21-6 per cent, of total) ;. Independent Socialists, 4,896,095 (18 8 per cent.) ; Centre Party, 3,541,791 (136 per cent.) ; German National People's Party, 3,740,107 (14*4 per cent.) ; German People's Party, 3,610,198 (13-9 per cent.); German Democratic Party, 2,202,202 (8'4 per cent.) ; Bavarian People's Party, 1,172,608 (4'5 per cent.) ; and minor parties, 1,249,197 (4-8 per cent.) ; total, 26,028,362.
Area and Population. I. Progress and Present Conditions. The following table gives the area and population of the present States {Lander) of Germany 1 in the order of their magnitude, according to the returns of the census of October 8, 1919 : —
Area
Population Oct. 8, 1919
Pop.
States of the Empire
English
per sq.
sq. miles
mile 1919
Male 18,046,439
Female 19,679,579
Total
Prussia 2
114,739
37,726,018
327
Bavaria (with Coburg)
29,501
3,394,270
3,746,063
7,140,333
242
Wiirttemberg
7,629
1,195,144
1,323,629
2,518,773
830
Baden .
5,817
1,051,405
1,157,098
2,208,503
379
Saxony, Kingdom of
5,789
2,168,065
2,495,233
4,663,298
805
Mecklenburg-Seh w.
5,068
318,184
340,759
658,943
130
Thuringia 3 .
4,546
712,474
795,551
1,508,025
331
Hesse .
2,966
616,521
674,467
1,290,988
435
Oldenburg .
2,482
250,623
267,142
517,765
209
Brunswick .
1,418
226.400
254,199
480,599
338
Mecklenburg-Str. .
1,131
51,170
55,224
106,394
94
Anhalt
888
157,710
173,548
331,258
374
Lippe .
469
71,117
83,201
154,318
329
Waldeck
433
31,065
35,367
66,432
153
Schaum burg-Li ppe.
131
22.148
24,209
46,357
354
Hamburg
160
493,260
557,099
1,050,359
6,564
Liibeck
115
57.539
63,029
120,568
1,048
Bremen
99 183,381
148,466
162,800
311,266
3,143
Total .
20,012,000
31,888,197
60,900,197
332
1 Plebiscite areas, except Schleswig-Holstein, are included in the totals.
' Ineluding the Saar and Eupen and Malmedy. '•> See page 9«1,
